Uncoupled: investigating the lack of correlation between the transcription of putative plastic-degrading genes in the global ocean microbiome and marine plastic pollution [PDF]
Environmental MicrobiomeBackground Plastic pollution is a severe threat to marine ecosystems. While some microbial enzymes can degrade certain plastics, the ability of the global ocean microbiome to break down diverse environmental plastics remains limited.
Victor Gambarini +6 more
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Assessing Indonesia’s Environmental Laws Pertaining to the Abatement of Marine Plastic Pollution: A Euphemism? [PDF]
Jurnal Media Hukum, 2022 The predominance of irresponsible and unsustainable plastic usage in Indonesia poses an urgent and alarming danger to the ecosystem. This paper discussed the legislative and regulatory mechanism in place in Indonesia to manage marine plastic pollution ...
David Tan
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Seawater‐Degradable Polymers—Fighting the Marine Plastic Pollution [PDF]
Advanced Science, 2020 AbstractPolymers shape human life but they also have been identified as pollutants in the oceans due to their long lifetime and low degradability. Recently, various researchers have studied the impact of (micro)plastics on marine life, biodiversity, and potential toxicity.
Carolin Völker +5 more
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A decision framework for estimating the cost of marine plastic pollution interventions [PDF]
Conservation Biology, 2021 AbstractMarine plastic pollution has emerged as one of the most pressing environmental challenges of our time. Although there has been a surge in global investment for implementing interventions to mitigate plastic pollution, there has been little attention given to the cost of these interventions.
Alexis McGivern +9 more
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Impact of Plastic Debris on the Gut Microbiota of Caretta caretta From Northwestern Adriatic Sea [PDF]
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 Plastic pollution is nowadays a relevant threat for the ecological balance in marine ecosystems. Small plastic debris (PD) can enter food webs through various marine organisms, with possible consequences on their physiology and health. The loggerhead sea
Elena Biagi +16 more
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Sea of plastic: representations of the sea and pro-environmental attitudes and behaviors regarding marine plastic pollution in Peru and Chile [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 Marine plastic pollution remains one of the greatest problems worldwide. Hence, this study explores the attitudes and pro-environmental behaviors of Peruvian and Chilean citizens regarding marine pollution, with an emphasis on plastic pollution. For this,
Fernanda Saavedra +7 more
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Large-scale detection of marine debris in coastal areas with Sentinel-2 [PDF]
iScience, 2023 Summary: Detecting and quantifying marine pollution and macroplastics is an increasingly pressing ecological issue that directly impacts ecology and human health.
Marc Rußwurm +2 more
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Nature of Plastic Marine Pollution in the Subtropical Gyres
, 2016 The abundance and distribution of plastic debris in the marine environment show patterns of near- and offshore generation, migration toward and accumulation in the subtropical gyres, fragmentation, and redistribution globally. Ecological impacts in the subtropical gyres include invasive species transport and rampant ingestion and entanglement; yet ...
Marcus Eriksen +2 more
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Yuridika, 2019 The ocean and its marine resources play an important role in providing sources of livelihood to the Indonesian people. Indonesia is currently dealing with a major plastic waste problem, and this, in turn, also impacts the marine environment since the ...
Ulya Yasmine Prisandani +1 more
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Correction to: Assessing COVID-19’s “known unknowns”: potential impacts on marine plastic pollution and fishing in the South China Sea [PDF]
Marit Stud, 2022 Michael Heazle
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